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| 1 | block to stop something from moving through or along something else 阻塞；堵塞；封锁 |
| An old car was blocking the road. 一辆旧车阻塞了道路。 |
| Something is blocking the flow of water through the pipe. 有什么东西堵塞了管道里的水流。 |
| | 1a | to stop someone from going past you by standing in front of them 挡住（去路） | | block sb’ s way/exit/path etc A crowd of people blocked his way to the gate. 一群人挡住了他去往大门的路。 | | He stood by the door, deliberately blocking her exit. 他站在门口，故意挡住她的去路。 | |
| | 1b | to use your body to stop someone from hitting something , or to stop a ball from going somewhere （用身体）阻挡 | | She expertly blocked all her opponent’ s punches. 她熟练地挡住了所有对手的出拳。 | | In blocking the goal shot, Mario sprained his shoulder. 马里奥在挡住射门时扭伤了肩膀。 | |
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| 2 | to be in front of someone so that they cannot see something or so that light cannot reach them 挡住（视线） |
| Her hat was blocking his view of the screen. 她的帽子挡住了他的视野，使他看不见银幕。 |
| Don’ t stand in the doorway, you’ re blocking the light. 别站在门口，你挡住光线了。 |
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| 3 | to use your power to stop something from being done or from succeeding 阻碍；妨碍 |
| She accused him of blocking her promotion. 她指责他妨碍她晋升。 |
| The plan to build a new nursery school was blocked by local residents. 建新幼儿园的计划受到了当地居民的阻挠。 |
| | 3a | to stop a natural process from happening 阻止（自然过程的发生） | | The drug acts by blocking the release of testosterone. 该药能用于阻止睾丸素的释放。 | |
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| 4 | to mark a piece of writing or other information on a computer screen so you can do something with it （在计算机屏幕上）对…进行分块，对…进行块操作 |
| You block a passage of text and hit Control+C to centre it on the page. 你对一个文本段落进行块操作，按Control+C把它放在页面的中央。 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌblock ˈin |
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| 1 | to stop someone from moving their car out of a place 堵住（某人的汽车） | When I came back to the car park my car was blocked in. 当我回到停车场时我的车被堵住了。 | |
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| 2 | to completely cover a large area of something such as a painting with one colour （大面积）涂盖 | Broad flat brushes are useful for blocking in colour. 宽平的刷子对涂刷颜料很有用。 | |
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| 3 | block in to plan something large or complicated by organizing your general ideas for it 草拟（计划） | Just block in the main points for now and we’ ll sort the details out later. 现在先拟出要点，过后我们再整理细节。 | |
| - | ˌblock ˈoff |
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| 1 | to cover or close something completely so that nothing can move through it 封锁；封闭 | Snow had blocked off several streets. 大雪阻塞了好几条街道。 | |
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| 2 | to completely stop something from happening or progressing 阻止 |
| - | ˌblock ˈout |
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| 1 | to stop light or sound from reaching something 挡住，遮住（光线或声音） | That tree in the neighbour’ s garden blocks out a lot of our light. 邻居花园里的那棵树挡住了我们很多光线。 | |
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| 2 | to stop yourself from thinking about or remembering something 不去想；不去回忆 | He had always managed to block out the incident. 他总能设法让自己不去回想那次事故。 | |
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| 3 | block in 3 |
| - | ˌblock ˈup |
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| | block21 | We had continual problems with leaves blocking up the gutters. 我们不断遇到树叶堵塞排水沟的问题。 | |
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